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"The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased."
- Johnson, Samuel

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/26347">The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises; but the reader commonly thinks his improvement dearly bought and, though he sometimes admires, is seldom pleased.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/3852/">Johnson, Samuel</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/subject/metaphysics/">Metaphysics</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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